vocab. evoultion Word Scramble
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Question | Answer | Question | Answer |
a type of fossil that firms when crystals fill a mold or sediments wash into a mold and harden into a rock | casts | an evidence of evolution | vestigial structures |
parts of organisms that are similar in origin and structure; and have common ancestors | homologous structures | a branch of biology | molecular biology |
the science of development of embryos from fertilization to birth | embryology | the independent evolution in similar environments of similar species but with no common ancestors | convergent evolution |
a type of evolution that occurs when populations of species are divided or separated by a physical barrier | geographic isolation | systematics | |
moving lithospheric plates | plate tectonics | ||
a class of individuals having some common traits or qualities | species | ||
a fossilization process in which ground water deposits minerals in empty spaces of an organism's original structures | permineralization | ||
the history of all known fossils and their placements in the formation of the rock and its position at the time | fossil record | a type of fossil that forms as an imprint | molds |
a scientist who studies fossils | paleontologist | the study of similarities and differences in the structures of organisms | comparative anatomy |
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